She was the fourth child and second daughter of the couple, who went on to have eleven children in total. Thelma was the second last of their children to be born at St Arnaud; the family moved to Ouyen around 1924-25.
In 1943, she married Clarence James Henry Weston at Victoria.[2] They had 5 children: one daughter and four sons.
Electoral Rolls:
1949 Mallee/ Johnstone St, Ouyen, (page 46 #3717) Home Duties
1954 Mallee/ Johnstone St, Ouyen, (page 45 #2644) Home Duties
1963 Mallee/ Johnstone St, Ouyen, (page 42 #2493) Home Duties
1968 Mallee/ Johnstone St, Ouyen, (page 41 #2431) Home Duties
1977 North Western/ 27 Johnston St, Ouyen, (page 13 #2559) Home Duties
Thelma died on 24 September 1996 and is interred at Ouyen Cemetery.[3]
Research Notes
Death registration will be added to the Victorian BDM index about 2026-27.
BURIED:
Ouyen Cemetery. Plot Methodist F,104. (Headstone)
Sources
↑Birth: Victorian Department of Justice, "Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages", database, Births Deaths Marriages Victoria (http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au : accessed 29 December 2022), index entry for birth of Thelma Maude WILTON (17134 / 1922); Place of event: St. Arnaud, VIC, Australia; Mother's name: WILTON Gertrude Frances; Mother's family name at birth: BATTERSBY; Father's Name: WILTON, Thomas Percival
↑Marriage: Victorian Department of Justice, "Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages", database, Births Deaths Marriages Victoria (http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au : accessed 29 December 2022), index entry for marriage of Thelma Maude WILTON and Clar Jas Hy WESTON (10789 / 1943)
↑Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220550797/thelma-maude-weston: accessed 29 December 2022), memorial page for Thelma Maude Wilton Weston (12 May 1922–1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 220550797, citing Ouyen Cemetery, Ouyen, Mildura Rural City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Carol Turner (contributor 48977876).
Acknowledgement:
Wilton, Graham; Wilton, Sheila (2000), The Wilton Family Tree - The Descendants of William Thomas Wilton and Sarah Ann Constable (p. 19). essay, Self published.
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